organize

Meaning

1. (transitive) To arrange in working order.
2. (transitive) To constitute in parts, each having a special function, act, office, or relation; to systematize.
3. (transitive) To furnish with organs; to give an organic structure to; to endow with capacity for the functions of life
4. (transitive) To sing in parts.
5. (intransitive, transitive) To band together into a group or union that can bargain and act collectively; to unionize.

Synonyms

arrange

organise

form

prepare

establish

order

put in order

systematize

set up

classify

get ready

hold

unite

found

make

create

coordinate

manage

structure

unionize

stage

plan

marshal

direct

get up

line up

cause to take place

cause

provoke

compose

orchestrate

assemble

combine

mastermind

machinate

integrate

sort

systemize

devise

incorporate

join

run

mount

fix

unionise

position

consolidate

pose

provide

concentrate

Translations

organiser

organizzare

organisieren

organizar

organiseren

organizar

organitzar

uitschrijven

نظم

regelen

οργανώνω

reconstituer

rétablir

arranger

einrichten

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈɔɹɡənaɪz/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English: organizen

In summary

From Middle English organizen, organysen, partly from Middle French organiser and partly from its etymon, Medieval Latin organizō, from Latin organum (“organ”). By surface analysis, organ + -ize.